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• JLE Registration

  • Start
    Thu, October 31, 2024
  • End
    Fri, May 30, 2025
  • Location
    Congregation Tikkun v'Or, 2550 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca NY

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  JEWISH LEARNING EXPERIENCES (JLE) at TVO

  REGISTRATION 2024-2025

  If you are new to JLE, please contact info@tikkunvor.org before registering.

  Click on Register below to complete the registration process. A separate registration is required for each student.

  We welcome all Jewish students, regardless of the children's and parent(s)’ religious backgrounds, ethnic identities, race, family configuration, gender identity and expression, or sexual orientation.
  

  Family Jewish Learning Experiences is for children in kindergarten (gan) and first grade (kitah alef). This program meets monthly on Saturday mornings, for children and their caregivers.
  

  Jewish Learning Experiences for students in second/third grade (kitah bet/gimel) meets on Sundays from 9-11 am.
  

  Jewish Learning Experiences for children in fourth/fifth (kitah dalet/hey) and sixth and seventh grade (kitah vav/zayin) meets on Sundays from 9 am - noon. Vav/Zayin also meets on Wednesdays from 4:30-6 pm.

  TUITION: In the first year, JLE families with students in K-5 have the option of paying a slightly higher school rate, which includes temple membership. Any other temple membership dues are waived for that first year.  All 6th and 7th grade  / b’nai mitzvah student families must be dues-paying members in good standing. All fees from previous year must be paid in full to register for a new year.

  Partial Tuition Assistance is available through a grant from the Ithaca Area United Jewish Community (IAUJC). Please complete a Tuition Assistance form to apply for assistance. Contact info@tikkunvor.org for more information.

  
  

  
  

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• "God Has Pity" An Exploration of Jewish Poetry

  • When
    Thu, May 01, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Tikkun v'Or, 2550 N. Triphammer Rd.
  • Spaces left
    103

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  Join Dan Rosenberg, Tompkins County Poet Laureate and TvO member, for an evening reading and discussing a handful of great poems from across the rich and complicated tradition of modern Jewish poetry, including work by Emma Lazarus, Paul Celan, Dan Pagis, Yehuda Amichai, and others. This event will begin with readings of the poems, followed by a group-led discussion of them. We may also explore a poem by the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, and a poem of Rosenberg’s that engages directly with issues of Jewish identity and heritage.

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• Big Jewcy Questions: A Conversation About TVO’s Purpose, Identity and Affiliation

  • When
    Sun, May 04, 2025
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    2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Tikkun v'Or, 2550 N. Triphammer Rd.
  • Spaces left
    98

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  (in person only) at Tikkun v’Or A Conversation About TVO’s Purpose, Identity and Affiliation Sunday, May 4, 2-4 pm  (in person only) at Tikkun v’Or   Some of you have asked the Big Jewcy Question “Ok, so what exactly are we gonna be talking about on May 4? Why are we talking and should I really come to another session?” BJQ sessions themselves are lively, interesting and help us to get to know one another better. Specifically, this session will provide the opportunity for congregants to share their views on some pretty BIG Jewcy Questions the Board and the congregation are wrestling with this year. What do you think is core to the TVO identity and what do you want to be as a congregation? How can TVO meaningfully accommodate —and embrace and celebrate - the diversity of viewpoints within our congregation? What attracts people to our congregation? What keeps them away? What things feel important to you or even essential for us to maintain a sense of Jewish continuity, character and content? How do our responses to the above affect our decisions about TVO’s affiliation? What does it mean to be affiliated with the Reform movement? The Reconstructionist movement? With no movement at all ? WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? We are a congregation with diverse and sometimes conflicting views. We want to use this time to figure out what keeps us connected. We are trying to be more effective with our “in-reach” and our outreach.  We want to better understand what our existing members care about, what will keep people from leaving, and what people think will enable us to attract new members. Registration is encouraged but not required. Refreshments will be served

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Listen to Your Mother 2025

  • When
    Sat, May 10, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
  • Location
    Congregation Tikkun v'Or, 2550 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca NY
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  LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER

  A special evening of STORYTELLING ON Mother's Day Weekend!

  Live performances on the many aspects of motherhood!  The event will include a dozen local storytellers who will tell funny, poignant or emotionally intense stories with the theme of motherhood.

  Presenters include:  

  Barbara Lang  Sue Perlgut  Marina Gerson  Melanie Lefkowitz  Kenneth McLaurin

  Jonathan (JP) Plotkin  Sherron Brown  Sarah Wolff   Edna Brown   Monica Daniel

  A Silent Auction will be included--payment by check or Venmo at the event. 

  A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Open Doors English (ODE), a school in Ithaca supporting all adult English language learners in the Tompkins County area, no matter their ability to pay. ODE is a project of the Center for Transformative Action, affiliated with Cornell.

  Presented by permission of Miracle or 2 Licensing, Inc

  163 Amsterdam Ave, Suite 1320

  New York, New York 10023

  (212)757-6466/Miracleor2.com

  
  

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• Talking Torah

  • When
    Thu, June 05, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Tikkun v'Or

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  Join Lauren Monroe for this opportunity to Talk Torah (and the other books of the Hebrew Bible) – your questions will be our guide!  She will pick her favorites from the questions generated at her session in December, and we’ll go from there, generating more questions for future discussions.
  Each session is a stand-alone - no need to have attended the last one.

  Lauren Monroe grew up in the Reform movement, at Temple Beth Elohim, in Brooklyn, NY.  As a Jewish Studies major in college at SUNY Albany, she fell in love with reading and interpreting Jewish texts. Lauren received her PhD in Bible and Ancient Near East from the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University.  At Cornell, she teaches courses in Hebrew Bible, Biblical Hebrew, Archaeology, and Ancient Israelite Religious and Social History. 

  Registration is requested.

  In person only.

  Members:  FREE

  Non-Members:  $9.00 per person

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• JLE Registration 2025-2026

  • Start
    Sun, September 07, 2025
  • End
    Sun, May 10, 2026
  • Location
    Congregation Tikkun v'Or, 2550 N. Triphammer Road, Ithaca NY

  Register

  JEWISH LEARNING EXPERIENCES (JLE) at TVO

  REGISTRATION 2025-2026

  If you are new to JLE, please contact info@tikkunvor.org before registering.

  Click on REGISTER below to complete the registration process. A separate registration is required for each student.

  We welcome all Jewish students, regardless of the children's and parent(s)’ religious backgrounds, ethnic identities, race, family configuration, gender identity and expression, or sexual orientation.
  

  Family Jewish Learning Experiences is for children in kindergarten (gan) and first grade (kitah alef). This program meets monthly on Saturday mornings, for children and their caregivers.
  

  Jewish Learning Experiences for students in second/third grade (kitah bet/gimel) meets on Sundays from 9-11 am.
  

  Jewish Learning Experiences for children in fourth/fifth (kitah dalet/hey) and sixth and seventh grade (kitah vav/zayin) meets on Sundays from 9 am - noon. Vav/Zayin also meets on Wednesdays from 4:30-6 pm.

  TUITION: In the first year, JLE families with students in K-5 have the option of paying a slightly higher school rate, which includes temple membership. Any other temple membership dues are waived for that first year. 

  All 6th and 7th grade  / b’nai mitzvah student families must be dues-paying members in good standing. All fees from previous year must be paid in full to register for a new year.

  Partial Tuition Assistance is available through a grant from the Ithaca Area United Jewish Community (IAUJC). Please complete a Tuition Assistance form to apply for assistance. Contact info@tikkunvor.org for more information.

  
  

  
  

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